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当然 dāngrán

当然 dāngrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 当然 dāngrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dāngrán | dang1 ran2
English translation
only natural
as it should be
certainly
of course
without doubt

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Traditional form

當然

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 当然 dāngrán

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dāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Tián represents the meaning and Shàng represents the sound. The contribution of the Tián (field) component to the meaning is unclear. The simplified character dāng was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character dāng .

Positional decomposition

⺌彐

Number of Strokes

6
rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 当然 dāngrán

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当然 dāngrán , 我们 wǒmen shǎng wán jiē 英语 Yīng yǔ Hòu , zǒng yāo yǒu 家庭 jiātíng 作业 zuòyè .

Certainly, we always have some homework after an English class.

当然 dāngrán luō , 知道 zhīdào ,只是 zhǐ shì 为了 wèile 参加 cānjiā 葬礼 zàng lǐ cái lái Dài de . ”

Of course it was only'ired for the occasion, you understand.'

当然 dāngrán . le . xiǎng yāo bēi 可乐 kě lè .

Sure.'m thirsty. I'd like glass of coke , please.

duì , 当然 dāngrán yāo 结婚 jiéhūn de -—一定 yīdìng yāo 你的 -- 怎么 zěnme huì 这么 zhè me xiǎng ne ?

" Oh , yes I do -- course I do -- what put that into your head? "

当然 dāngrán , 随后 suí hòu 华尔街 Huá ěr Jiē de cháng dōng jiù 开始 kāishǐ bīng shì le .

And then, of course, Wall Street's long winter began to thaw.

当然 dāngrán Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 当然 dāngrán and their own compounds.

当然 dāngrán Compounds

See all 13 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 当然 dāngrán in their composition.

  • dāng
    • dàng , dǎng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dàng
  • rán
    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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